Car-replacer.



E. M. TAYLOR.

CAR REPLACER. APPLICATION man AUG. H}. 1915.

Patented May 30,1916.

E. M. TAYLOR.

CAR REPLACER.

APPLICATION FILED AUGJO. 1915.

Patented May 30,1916.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- as r ERNEST M. TAYLOR, OF RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, ASSIGNOR. OF ONE-THIRD T0 HERVEY L. TRIMYER AND ONE-THIRD TO J. SIMKINS JONES, BOTH OF NORFOLK,

VIRGINIA.

CAR-REPLACER.

To all whom it may concern 1 Be it known that I, ERNEST M. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Raleigh, in the county of Wake and State of North Carolina, have invented new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to replacers for cars and other railway rolling stock and embodies features of improvement relatively to the car replacer disclosed by my Patent No. 1,015,098, dated January 16, 1912.

The object of the improvement primarily is to materially lighten the weight of car replacers without detracting from their strength eficiency and to materially reduce the length of the replacer relatively to the form thereof shown by my aforesaid patent and without in the least minimizing the effectiveness of the replacer in performing the function for which it has been devised.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved anchor in connection with the replacer for locking the latter to the rail, and to have each anchor adjustably and inseparably connected to each replacer member to avoid loss or misplacement of the anchors and always insure a practical operative condition of the improved replacer.

A further object of the invention is to generally improve car replacers of the type shown by my patent above noted in details of construction and general arrangement of parts to facilitate application of the replacers in operative position on ties adjacent to the rails.

With these and other objects and advantages in view the invention consists in the construction and arrangement of the several parts which will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a plan view of a section of a railway track showing diagrammatically the manner in which a pair of replacers constructed in accordance with the present invention is applied and used. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of one of the improved replacers. Fig. 3 is an elevation of a portion of a railway track and one of the replacers in operative position with relation to the track. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section taken in the plane of the line 4-4, Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a plan view Serial No. 44,806.

of a portion of a railway track showing one of the replacers angularly arranged with relation to the rail for replacing derailed wheels occupying a position at a considerable distance from the rail or a distance greater than the width of the replacer.

Gar replacers constructed in accordance with the present invention are, as usual, made Specification of Letters Patent. P t t May 30, 1

Application filed August 10, 1915.

in pairs and adapted to be placed upon the track at directly opposite points and at those sides of the rails toward which the derailed wheels are displaced. According to the present invention also the two replacers com- 7 posing the pair are duplicates in construction with the exception of the formation of the faces or surfaces and the lugs which space them from the rails. A detail description of one of the replacers will, therefore, suffice for both.

Each replacer is cast or otherwise formed as a shell 1 which may be substantially hollow interiorly to reduce weight, as clearly shown by Fig. 4, the shell being reinforced and strengthened by the addition thereto of intermediate webs or brace means as desired of any suitable form and contour. The upper side of the replacer is arched and has the contour shown and is inclined toward the rail on which it is desired to replace the car wheels, as at 2.

The replacer is preferably formed of such length in the present instance that it will be engaged by two ties at opposite ends, and by thus reducing the length of the replacer its weight and cost of manufacture are correspondingly minimized. The opposite ends of the lower portion of eachreplacer are formed with a plurality of spurs 3 to grip into and hold the replacer on the ties engaged thereby, and by this means the replacer is prevented from slipping. Similar spurs 4 may also be placed along the side members at the lower portion of the replacer, as shown by Fig. 4, at both the inner and outer sides. The side wall 5 of each replacer which is adapted to be disposed adjacent to the rail is of less length or vertical extent than the opposite side wall 6, and projecting from the said side wall 5 is a plurality of lugs 7 which serve to properly position the replacer with respect ed to engage the under side of the ball or head of the rail to prevent tilting or tipping of the replacer, the said lugs terminally bearing against the web of the rail. The lugs 7 are sufficiently long on the replacer which is tobe located at the inner side of one of the rails to maintain a space between the inner edge of the rail and the adjacent edge of the replacer, whereby the wheel flange may inafter more fully explained.

enter this space when the wheel is returned to the rail. These lugs upon the replacer, which is to be positioned at the outer side of the opposite rail, are relatively shorter in order that this particular replacer may be set closer to the rail and thereby insure the passage of the corresponding -wheel flange over the top of the rail.

The longer side wall 6 or the side wall that is farthest from the rail adjacent to which the replacer is disposed is formed with a longitudinal slot 8 having intersecting angular seats 9 at regular intervals which form locking means in a manner here- It will be understood that the slot 8 extends fully through the wall 6 in which it is formed and is of such length as to give considerable range of adjustment for the anchor attaching means as will be presently set forth. An opening 10 also extends through the central portion of the wall 6 and slot 8 to provide for adjustment of the anchor eonnecting means in opposite directions relatively to the position of the said opening.

Each anchor consists in the present instance of a flat bar 11 having an upturned outer end or gripping hook 12 to engage over one edge of the base flange of the rail, the bar 11 at its opposite end being provided with a'boss or lug 13 with a downwardly inclined opening 14 extending therethrough. The bar 11 is long enough to compensate for the width of the base flange of a rail and to locate the boss or lug 13 close to the under side of one edge of the base flange in accordance with the application of the anchor to the flange. In the boss or lug 13 a shank 15 of an eye 16 is swiveled or is free to rotate and is screw-threaded and provided with a nut, as at 17. A chain 18 of suitable length has one of its links 19 connected to the eye 16 and is then drawn through the opening 10, the latter opening and the links 19 of the chain being of such relative proportions that the said chain may be evenly drawn through the opening. After the chain is drawn through the open ing a ring or other analogous device 20 is secured to the terminal link of the chain opposite that attached to the eye 16, the ring or other device 20 being larger than the opening 10 and thereby preventing the chain with its anchor from becoming detached from the replacer. The slot 8 is wide enough to permit the links 19 of the chain to be readily shifted longitudinally thereof when the said links are turned fiatwise, as shown by Fig. 1, only one link being so turned and shifted in the slot. T he link that is turned fiatwise and adjusted in either direction in the slot 8 relatively to the central opening 1.0 will depend upon the position of the replacer relatively to the rail, and after the proper'adjustment of the replacer has been made the link on the outside of the wall 6 next to the link turned flatwise and engaging the slot 8 will be turned at a right-angle to said link engagin the slot and caused to bear in one of the seats 9, thereby preventing the chain from slippin lengthwise of the slot after the desired adjustment or disposition of the replacer has been accomplished.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the replacer may be adjusted and held fixed either in approximately parallel relation to either rail of a track, or both replacers may be arranged at an angle rel-.r tively to the track rails, or one replacer may be at an angle to one rail and the other replacer approximately parallel to the other rail. The replacer is also provided with auxiliary securing means consisting of dogs 21, one adjacent to each extremity, and pivoted on the side wall 6 adjacent to stop shoulders or enlargements 22 against which the pivoted ends of the said dogs are braced when they are turned and secured in adjacent portions of the ties. The free ends of these dogs have spurs 23, and these dogs are particularly useful in securing the replacer when disposed at an angle, as shown by Fig.

5, the dog at the extremity of the replacer at a greater distance from the rail than the opposite extremity of said replacer having its spur 23 driven into the adjacent tie and thereby holding the distanced end of the re placer against shifting movement outwardly or inwardly. The shoulders or enlargements 20 also hold the dogs 21 in vertical depending positions when not in use, as clearly shown by Fig. 8, and it is obvious that the end of the replacer close to the track rail will be held against movement, especially in an inward direction toward the rail, by the lug 7, whereas the lug at the opposite end of the replacer is too far away from the rail to be of any practical service and therefore the dog 21 is brought into play as hereinbefore explained and shown by Fig. 5.

It will be understood that in applying the replacers adjacent to the rails for service, the anchors will be applied to the base flanges of the rails, as shown by Fig. 4-, and thechains 18 adjusted and secured in accord" ance with the positions of the replacer-s relatively to the rails, and then if necessary either one of the dogs 21 may be caused to engage the adjacent tie. The spurs 3 and 4 will be caused to sink 'into the ties by the weight imposed upon the replacers and after adjustment of the replacers movementthereof in any direction will be obviated and derailed wheels may be mounted upon the rails in the usual way.

Replacers constructed in accordance with the present invention may be quickly and conveniently applied to and removed from track rails without requiring spiking or other means for holding the replacers in position. All the parts of each replacer are maintained in connection therewith and cannot therefore become lost or misplaced and as a consequence the replacer is always ready for use or is fully equipped with all of the attachments necessary for a practical application thereof.

\Vhat is claimed is:

l. The combination of a car replacer adapted to be applied to a railway rail and having a slot with locking means at intervals, and an anchor comprising a member to engage the base flange of a railway rail and a flexible member connected thereto and extending through the slot and movable longitudinally in opposite directions in the said slot, a portion of the flexible member being caused to engage the locking means of the slot to hold said member against movement.

2. The combination of a car replacer for application to a railway rail, and an anchor for engaging the base flange of a rail and having a flexible connecting means longitudinally shiftable lengthwise of the replacer and alsO movable through the replacer to shorten the said connecting means or lengthen said means as may be required.

3. The combination of a car replacer adapted to be applied to a railway rail, and means for locking the replacer in cooperative relation to the rail consisting of an anchor to separably engage the base flange of the rail, the anchor being provided with a flexible connecting means movable transversely through and also longitudinally in opposite directions in the replacer, and aux iliary locking means pivotally attached to one side of the replacer at opposite extremities of the latter.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of a Witness.

ERNEST M. TAYLOR. Witness:

CHAS. S. HYER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the "Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. 0. 

